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1 in 3 exposed to Covid: 2nd Chennai sero survey

2 hours ago

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One in three people in Chennai has been exposed to SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19, according to the second sero-prevalence survey done in the city in October. The first survey in June showed one-fifth of the city was exposed to the virus...

Gang hijacks truck with cellphones worth Rs 15cr

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Ten men hijacked a truck carrying Rs 15 crore worth of mobile phones from Chennai to Mumbai after attacking and tying up the driver and cleaner near Krishnagiri in the wee hours of Wednesday. The gang members, all of them heard speaking among themselves in Hindi, later abandoned the truck after transferring the loot to their vehicle and dumping the driver and cleaner...

Tamil Nadu docs to continue with plasma therapy

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Tamil Nadu announced it will continue convalescent plasma therapy for patients admitted with Covid-19 symptoms at government hospitals across the state. The announcement came a day after the Centre announced that it will discontinue the therapy as a randomized trial failed to benefit patients...

Why rainwater doesn’t go down stormwater drains

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Greater Chennai Corporation is on the verge of completing a `440cr stormwater drain project that began in 2018 as part of many measure post the 2015 floods. However, the civic body has been working without a map of the entire network of drains in the city...

TN: 36 passenger trains to run as express services

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There will be fewer passenger services, the slow yet popular and cheaper trains that linked small towns with cities, when train services return to normalcy after Covid-19 restrictions are lifted...

Take steps to curb onion prices: Stalin to TN

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Northeast monsoon: '4,713 relief centres ready'

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Transwoman running restaurant murdered

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Ace Week celebrations go online

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History-sheeter murdered by gang in Tuticorin

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NEET quota: DMK willing to join hands with AIADMK

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Chennai: Teacher, 26, sexually abuses boy, arrested

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A teacher of a private school was arrested on Sunday for sexually abusing a boy at his house in Chengalpet. He was booked under Pocso Act...

Now, after Class X students can enrol for ICAI

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In a move that would help aspirants turn chartered accountants six months in advance, industry body Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI), as part of a new rule, has allowed students who have passed Class X to enrol with the institute...

Covid: Fines collected cross Rs 2 cr in Madurai

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Trichy Corporation releases fever camp schedule

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TN: Woman, mother kill man over obscene calls

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Rs 44.4-L gold seized at Chennai airport; 1 held

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Madurai hosp sees fewer breast cancer patients

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'Finish TNHB projects in Chennai as per deadline'

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Chennai: 23-yr-old makes robot for Covid patients

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When contacted, Mohammed said, "I had completed my engineering in electronics and communication in 2019 from Mailam Engineering College in Villupuram...

Covid cases on decline in south, central TN

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The 10 southern districts of the state on Monday reported 382 fresh Covid-19 cases, the lowest in nearly four months..

MTC yet to fix glitch, sell Rs 1k monthly passes

2 days ago

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For two years, Metropolitan Transport Corporation hasn’t been able to fix a technical glitch and begin selling Rs 1,000 concessional monthly passes...

TN announces Rs 10 cr flood relief for T'gana

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Warmline to lend ear to youth in distress

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The pandemic has taken a psychological toll on everyone and, to provide a listening ear to young people in distress, Scarf has launched a warmline. Y4Y (Youth For Youth) caters to people aged 15 to 25 years who need a peer to talk to, a place to vent or to share their problems. Youngsters can speak anonymously with a trained youth volunteer from Monday to Friday from 1pm to 9pm...

Onions may cost more than Rs 100/kg this week

3 days ago

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A drop in supply of onions due to rains in Karnataka and Maharashtra has pushed up the staple veggie’s cost again, with a kilogram expected to cost Rs 100 in the Koyambedu wholesale market this week. It is likely to cost more in neighbourhood markets...

Chennai: Active cases fall, positivity rate 8%

3 days ago

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Within two weeks, active Covid-19 cases are down in 14 of the 15 zones of Greater Chennai Corporation. This comes when the number of cases reported daily in the city has dropped from 1,200-1,300 to the 1,100-1,200 range. On Sunday, Chennai had 1,036 fresh cases...

Tirupati-bound chopper makes emergency landing

3 days ago

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Villagers of Thadhankuttai at Tirupattur in Tamil Nadu were in for a surprise on Sunday morning as a private helicopter with five passengers made an emergency landing on a farm land in the village...

MU students with arrears to get minimum pass marks

3 days ago

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University of Madras on Saturday decided to award minimum pass marks for candidates with arrears based on a government order. The resolution, passed by the university's syndicate, is expected to help at least one lakh candidates in affiliated and autonomous colleges of the university...

Chennai may get more pre-monsoon rain: Met

3 days ago

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The intense midnight spells that lashed many parts of the city and lasted till early Saturday morning may be only a start to a round of pre-monsoon showers...

Marundeeswarar temple: Thief prays, loots, leaves

3 days ago

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The famous Marundeeswarar temple at Thiruvanmiyur was found looted on Friday morning, when authorities opened the 'hundials' (boxes of offerings)...

TN custodial deaths: Cop gets interim bail

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Chennai, north TN to get pre-monsoon spells

4 days ago

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Weather conditions may not be favourable at the moment for the onset of northeast monsoon, but the city can expect pre-monsoon spells as weathermen have forecast moderate showers accompanied by thunder and lightning over the city for the next two days, due to an atmospheric circulation. Weather enthusiasts said the city as well as parts of north Tamil Nadu may continue to receive spells till October 28 due to a convergence of opposing winds...

NEET: Tamil Nadu student gets all-India 7th rank

5 days ago

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For the first time since the introduction of the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) for MBBS admissions seven years ago, a student from Tamil Nadu has broken into the top 10. Srijan R got the 8th rank nationally scoring 710 out of 720 marks. Two other candidates from the state, Mohanaprabha Ravichandran and G Swetha, scored 705 and 702 respectively and secured the 52nd and 62nd ranks. Last year, the state topper was Shruthi K, who scored 685 out of 720 marks and secured the 57th rank...

9 TN hosps barred from treating Covid patients

5 days ago

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The directorate of medical services has barred nine hospitals from treating Covid-19 patients over the past two months in TN for violations such as overcharging of patients. Eighteen other hospitals have also been directed to repay excess money collected from patients for treatment...

Covid cases continue to drop in Tamil Nadu

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Power supply to be hit in parts of Chennai tmrw

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TN cop arrested for stealing guns

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'Good if Vijay understands people's sentiments'

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Chennai: Areas 100m inland may go under the sea

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Beachfront luxury villas and other structures along Neelankarai beach and Adyar estuary could be under seawater before the end of this century due to rising sea levels if carbon emissions are not brought under control. Marina Beach, on the other hand, may stop growing and may be relatively less affected...

Chennai turning into data centre hub?

6 days ago

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Chennai could fast emerge as one the most prominent private data centre hubs in the south, with at least six companies committing more than Rs 12,000 crore investments between April and now, and many more projects expected soon...

No. of Chennai streets with nCov cases dip by 200

6 days ago

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In just 10 days, the number of city streets reporting Covid-19 cases has dropped by more than 200...

PM Modi condoles death of CM's mother

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Omnibus services resume in Tamil Nadu

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Newly-married air hostess ends life in Chennai

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TN: Khushbu in soup over Cong remark, apologises

6 days ago

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Actor-turned-politician Khushbu Sundar on Wednesday apologised for using the words "mentally retarded"...

NASA to launch Karur college's TD satellite

6 days ago

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Three college students from Karur district have won a global engineering design competition for their technology demonstrator satellite (TDS) that will be launched by National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) next year as part of its ‘Cubes for Space’ programme...

‘How will Anna Univ make money for IoE tag?’

7 days ago

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The Tamil Nadu government has sought an explanation from Anna University vice-chancellor M K Surappa on his proposal to the Centre that the university would be able to meet easily the requirement of 314 crore a year ( 1,570 crore for five years) to get Institute of Eminence (IoE) status...

TN man turns house into ‘Home of Dhoni Fan’

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Murder of senior citizen: Mastermind surrenders

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2 youths die after being hit by goods train

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Dalit-thevear issue: 'Peace meet will be held'

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TN: 'Covid cases dipping, but don’t drop guard'

7 days ago

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Covid-19 cases are declining in Tamil Nadu, and the positivity rate is less than 5% in at least 18 districts, but public must follow safety precautions and avoid crowding, especially during the upcoming festival season, state health secretary J Radhakrishnan said on Tuesday...

Madras HC relief for DMK MLAs in 2017 case

7 days ago

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In a reprieve to the DMK, the Madras high court on Tuesday refused to vacate the stay ordered against operation of fresh privilege notices issued against MK Stalin and 17 other MLAs for bringing gutka packets into the House in 2017...

Drug bust: Three sentenced for 10 years

8 days ago

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A special court for exclusive trial of cases under NDPS act in Chennai has convicted a Nigerian national and two Indian accomplices and sentenced them to 10 years rigorous imprisonment for the possession of narcotic substances including ecstasy pills and Cocaine. The accused, Chukwu Simon Obinna (30) from Abuja, Nigeria, K Kumaresan (26) and C Arun Diwakar (33) were arrested near an apartment in Porur in 2018, for the possession of the narcotic substances...

Pulicat fishermen move online to sell catch

8 days ago

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For traditional fishermen in the Pulicat region, selling their catch on a daily basis during the lockdown was a tall order. A new online portal launched recently to sell the catch directly to customers without the help of mediators has made their life easier...

Covid cases declining in TN: Health secy

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Chennai air customs busts drug ring

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Man sexually assaults minor girl in Pudukottai

8 days ago

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A 52-year-old grocery shop owner was arrested on charges of sexually assaulting a 9-year-old girl in Pudukottai on Monday...

Chennai lab sealed for false positive results

8 days ago

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The city corporation on Friday locked and sealed a private laboratory at Vadapalani after it found it falsely reported 44 people as Covid positive. On Monday, TOI found the lab had hid the notice stuck on the premises by corporation officials and was functioning normally...

Why Chennai’s beaches are at sea

9 days ago

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The city may be famous for its beaches but that’s no thanks to the authorities. On paper, a lot of money has been allotted for the Marina and Besant Nagar beaches, but there’s little to show for it. And, Kovalam on the outskirts, which was considered for the Blue Flag award, is yet to see any major improvement work apart from it being cleaned often...

Tamil Nadu: 7 held for raping two minor girls

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13th century Asiriyam stone inscription found

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Gold worth Rs 1.32 crseized at airport; 3 held

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Stalin to chair DMK manifesto panel meet on Wed

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Chennai: No-contact drunk driving check welcome

9 days ago

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Amid the still raging Covid-19 pandemic, the city police are coming up with new methods to test motorists for drunk driving...

Panchayat head, helper murdered near Madurai

9 days ago

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A village panchayat president in Madurai district of Tamil Nadu and his helper were murdered by unidentified people with sharp weapons...

TN: Rajinikanth gears up for political plunge

10 days ago

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Superstar Rajinikanth is gearing up for his much-awaited political plunge. The threat of the Covid-19 pandemic is, however, holding him back from announcing a formal launch of his party that will usher in alternate politics and firmly lead a third front in Tamil Nadu...

'EPS will be CM candidate of AIADMK alliance'

10 days ago

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Chief minister Edappadi K Palaniswami will be the chief minister candidate for the alliance that AIADMK will form for the ensuing assembly elections, and any alliance for the election would be formed under the leadership of AIADMK, said minister for revenue, disaster management and IT RB Udayakumar...

TN: Posters claim woman dead, complaint filed

10 days ago

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A 23-year-old widow in Perambalur town lodged a complaint with the Perambalur police after wall posters claiming she was dead surfaced in various parts of the town. The incident came to light after her relatives made enquires with her family on seeing the posters...

Chennai: Encroachments choke key Adyar road

10 days ago

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The new stores, apartment complexes and other structures that have sprung up on Canal Bank Road in Kasturba Nagar, Adyar, have left residents exasperated. They say unchecked encroachments are choking traffic movement...

TN: Dalit chief made to sit on floor at meeting

11 days ago

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A dalit woman president of a village panchayat in Cuddalore district has been forced by the vice-president, who is from the locally-dominant vanniyar caste, to sit on the floor during meetings of the local body she has presided over for a year now. This is the latest in a series of incidents of caste discrimination against dalit women since the local body polls in Tamil Nadu last year...

Chennai likely to get rain for next 2 days

11 days ago

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A day after many localities in the city and outskirts received surprise evening spells, weathermen have forecast light to moderate rain and thunderstorms in the city and suburbs for the next 48 hours. This, according to meteorologists, is due to the system over Bay of Bengal leaving a conducive atmosphere for convective rain over many parts of the state. With a fresh low pressure likely to form over north Andaman Sea on October 14, experts said the city and its neighbours may continue to get good pre-monsoon spells...

Baalu seeks quota for OBC students in NLUs

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CRPF recruitment: Madurai MP seeks more centres

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TN: 3 held for making face masks with fake logo

11 days ago

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The Tirupur city police on Friday arrested three men for manufacturing face masks under a popular company’s brand name...

IoE tag: Anna university VC moves Centre directly

11 days ago

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Anna University vice-chancellor M K Surappa has put the state government and the Centre on a collision course by approaching the Union government directly in a bid to get Institute of Eminence (IoE) status for the university...

IIT-M suspends option to change branch for 2020-21

11 days ago

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IIT Madras has suspended the branch change option for 2020-21 batch students. Students in Tamil Nadu were distraught after learning the decision as it takes away a second chance to change their branch if they perform better in the first semester...

Pon frustrated as he is sidelined by BJP: Raju

12 days ago

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Information and publicity minister Kadambur C Raju on Friday said that former Union minister for shipping and finance Pon Radhakrishnan is 'frustrated' as the party has sidelined him...

Trichy: Residents protest seeking service road

12 days ago

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Federation for Retrieval of Trichy-Palpannai-Thuvakudi Service Road staged a demonstration condemning the delay in facilitating service road for Trichy-Thanjavur National Highways, Friday...

Second sero survey in Chennai begins

13 days ago

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Greater Chennai Corporation has started the second sero prevalence survey to assess the exposure of the city’s population to Covid-19. The survey, second to be done in the city, will be carried out randomly over the next 68 days...

NHAI to remove 22 black spots along NHs in TN

13 days ago

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The National Highways Authority of India is set to eliminate 22 black spots (accident spots) along national highways in Chennai and Madurai regions at Rs 400 crore...

30 kg of ganja recovered from TN mangrove

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This is how Madurai hosps mark World Sight Day

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Tuticorin temple fest: Entry only for 8K

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A battle neither EPS nor Panneerselvam lost

13 days ago

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In the end, no one lost as both chief minister Edappadi K Palaniswami and deputy CM O Panneerselvam had their way. But the road ahead is still bumpy...

DHFL case: Wadhawan brothers in police remand

13 days ago

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The economics offences wing (EOW) police formally arrested brothers Kapil Wadhawan and Dheeraj Wadhawan of Dewan Housing Finance Corporation Limited (DHFL) for cheating depositors of 218 crore, on Tuesday...

Ban online gambling platforms: Puducherry

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Koyambedu wholesale fruit shops may be reopened

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1 in 3 people exposed to Covid-19 in Chennai

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Unlock in TN: CM announces another relaxation

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Fruit traders get a raw deal this Ayudha Pooja

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Fruits and sweets may taste bitter for traders this year as demand has dropped due to Covid-19. While the demand for fruits is likely to dip by 50%, sale of sweets could fall by about 25% when compared to Ayudha Pooja sale last year, say traders in the city...

Showroom in T Nagar violates pandemic protocol

20 hours ago

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Greater Chennai Corporation on Tuesday sealed a popular textile showroom in T Nagar as its management had failed to ensure social distancing and follow other Covid-19 regulations. The corporation fined the showroom ₹5,000...